George Smooth
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That's a real shocking site. Before you start getting heavily into it I would recommend a compression test and maybe a boroscope inspection inside the motor.
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Read the WELCOME ALL BMWFANATICS post.
E36 M3 turbo rebuild
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Gizmo
Banned
May look at VAC vanos delete kit, pending. CT guy said it doesn't run vanos.
Here it was in the cars for sale section some time ago: http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=15020&pid=139293
http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=13285&pid=129687
19 posts and last visit 2011 so some douche who joined fanatics, got enough posts to use cars for sale section and dumped a butchered half arse turbo M3. :thumbdo:
Here it was in the cars for sale section some time ago: http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=15020&pid=139293
http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=13285&pid=129687
19 posts and last visit 2011 so some douche who joined fanatics, got enough posts to use cars for sale section and dumped a butchered half arse turbo M3. :thumbdo:
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wikk3d88
Guest
Gizmo said:
If the car was really built by EA Performance then that really is shocking...
sidewayz
New member
Gizmo said:The thing I hate the most is its running on gotech which cannot run vanos so the idiots cut the engine wiring harness and sensors to pieces and blanked off the oil feed to the vanos so there is no going back to OEM ECU!!!
Also there is no idle control valve so you have to pump the accelerator to get it to start.:argh:
just a question, if you are using the stand alone management. why would you need the idle control valve?
extreme-eg
New member
What's more is that of the claims on the spec list were not true
The Holset "T66 equivalent" is actually much smaller than that and a mismatched combination to begin with.
It was indicated that the car was fitted with a Gotech Pro X ecu, it turned out to be the old Pro version.
The car was so badly tuned, if you can even use the word tuned, that the claimed power figures must've been way back when or quite imaginative
I had to make considerable changes to the map, just to get it to run smoothly and idle half decent.
The Holset "T66 equivalent" is actually much smaller than that and a mismatched combination to begin with.
It was indicated that the car was fitted with a Gotech Pro X ecu, it turned out to be the old Pro version.
The car was so badly tuned, if you can even use the word tuned, that the claimed power figures must've been way back when or quite imaginative
I had to make considerable changes to the map, just to get it to run smoothly and idle half decent.
S50B32turbo
New member
Budler makes vanos locking plates, try him it myt be cheaper than importing. Also his neighbor is marius from fulboost, he does an amazing intake manifold for m's, similar to hpf. Its about R5k.
Sabretooth tiger
///Member
What a mess :argh:
Poor car was really butchered, and seller is gone from here :nonono:
Poor car was really butchered, and seller is gone from here :nonono:
I know the feeling broer, I bought my current E36 from a guy in CPT in June, 1st it was grinding 1st and 2nd gear, repaired the gearbox, found that they had swooped the flywheel so it wasn't taking original BMW clutch kit and had spacers on the pressure plate, no fan and fan clutch, top was messed up missing engine bolts etc. I have just redone the whole motor from scratch and believe you me still no registration papers!
Gizmo
Banned
Went for R130k, the douche was happy to sell it to someone who hadn't seen it in person...calypso said:
Marius has been doing all my tig welding for years, he is the only guy I trust with welding. Will speak to Boetie about the vanos plate.S50B32turbo said:
Whats with CT guys butchering BMWs?:nonono:Squire said:I know the feeling broer, I bought my current E36 from a guy in CPT in June, 1st it was grinding 1st and 2nd gear, repaired the gearbox, found that they had swooped the flywheel so it wasn't taking original BMW clutch kit and had spacers on the pressure plate, no fan and fan clutch, top was messed up missing engine bolts etc. I have just redone the whole motor from scratch and believe you me still no registration papers!
Its crazy, mine also had a lot of stuff tied with cable ties and wires, my roof was also stripped and could hardly be opened manually, pity I luv BMs so I have made this my project car, have the E38 4.4L as well. Now I know when I'm looking for stuff I stay away from Capetown!:nonono:
